Maya Hayuk Mural on the Houston and Bowery Wall

Brooklyn-based artist Maya Hayuk braved New York’s plunging winter temperatures and snow-covered streets to complete her latest mural on the famous wall at the corner of Bowery and Houston in Lower Manhattan.

Bradley Theodore Paints Mural of Karl Lagerfeld and Anna Wintour

Bradley Theodore created this mural on the facade of L’asso pizzeria on Kenmare Street just East of Elizabeth Street on the border of Soho and Little Italy. The mural features two fashion personalities, Karl Lagerfeld and Anna Wintour head-to-head in a lovestruck pose. The Vogue editor in chief and Chanel designer are shown in profile, facing each other. They are identifiable by their hairstyles - Wintour's famous bob, and Lagerfeld's white ponytail. A small red heart hangs in between them. Their faces are painted as brightly rendered skeletons with colorful teeth.

"Bronx Zoo" By Banksy ("Better Out Than In" Day 30)

The penultimate piece by the elusive artist Banksy in his month-long residency in New York City streets is "Bronx Zoo." It is a graffiti painting of a growling wild cat resting on a railing, across the road from the Yankee Stadium. The wild cat is sitting on a pre-existing yellow painted line on a blue wall, located across the road from the New York Yankees stadium. The wild cat has markings are made up of graffiti scrawl and various protest symbols, including the famous Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). It's entitled "Bronx Zoo", it has been suggested the name is a pun on a nickname acquired by the baseball team nearly 40 years ago. The Yankees were referred to as the Bronx Zoo, because of the fighting between George Steinbrenner, Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson. The street art is located at the junction of East 162nd Street and Jerome Avenue. It is part of Banksy's "Better Out Than In" exhibit, in which the artist left his works scattered across the five boroughs, drawing huge crowds, as well as vandals. Each day of October, Banksy unveiled new works of art around New York. The works were then announced on his website and posted to Instagram. 

Banksy's Day 24 Artwork on the Gate of Larry Flynt's Hustler Club in Hell's Kitchen

Banksy, on his 24th day of "Better Out Than In" street art residency in New York City streets yesterday created this artwork on the gate of Larry Flynt's Hustler Club at 51st Street in Hell's Kitchen. His caption of the work reads, "Waiting in vain...at the door of the club." Banksy is a pseudonymous United Kingdom-based graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter. His satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed in a distinctive stencilling technique. For street art lovers, Banksy's month-long street art show is a fun idea, part scavenger hunt, part mystery, part gallery show. His works around the city have consistently drawn crowds, photographers and confused passersby. Not far from the artwork is an enterprising fan who was banking on Banksy by selling magnets that feature an image of the Hustler Club gate art.

Banksy Continues to Captivate Street Art Fans with "Hammer Boy" on Manhattan's Upper West Side

Banksy, the mysterious British street artist painted the silhouette of a young boy swinging a sledge hammer yesterday, on day 20 of his month-long residency in New York City. The silhouette is strategically placed next to a red standpipe, creating an illusion that the boy is going to smash it. Banksy's work continues to captivate a loyal segment of the young, fun, art-loving New Yorkers who are eager to find where his next work will pop up. "Hammer boy" art is located on the wall of a DSW store at 79th Street between Amsterdam and Broadway. Many fans posed for photos next to the artwork.

Banksy's Japanese-Themed Street Art in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on Day 17 of "Better Out Than In"

Street art aficionados flocked to Williamsburg, Brooklyn today to see the British-born artist, Bansky's latest stencil. The piece shows two silhouetted Geisha girls meeting at a "bridge" which is actually a curved section of the building's façade at Cook Street near Graham Avenue. A small bonsai tree sprouts at one end of the "bridge". Today marks Day 17 of Banksy's "residency" on the streets of New York, which he's dubbed "Better Out Than In." Banksy has set up a residence on the streets of New York for the month of October, unveiling one piece of art a day, which fans can follow on a website.

Banksy's Street Art in New York City

Artworks created by the mysterious British street artist Banksy have been appearing in various locations in the city after he announed a a month-long residency in New York City. Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter. His satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti using a distinctive stencilling technique. His artistic works of political and social commentary have been featured on streets, walls, and bridges of cities throughout the world. Banksy’s artwork, when removed from its always pre-existing urban settings, has sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars at auctions. The artist has not shown his face or revealed his identity, aside from a shadowed interview in which his voice was altered in the award-winning biographical documentary, "Exit Through the Gift Shop." Some of the pieces created here in New York City include "Concrete Confessional" in the East Village and a truck filled with stuffed animals with amplified toy animal noises called "Sirens of the Lambs" to highlight animal cruelty and factory farming.

Revok and Pose Mural at Bowery and Houston Graffiti Wall

This is the new mural by MSK street artists Revok and Pose at the graffiti wall located at the corner of Bowery and Houston Streets in Lower Manhattan. The two-story masterpiece is a colorful collage of comic book stylings that doubles as a memorial mural. REVOK and POSE pay tribute to fallen street artists like Nekst, IZ, and Dondi. Images and text are painted around the spine of the phrase “Uphill Both Ways.”

Manny Vega's Mosaic Mural, ESPIRITU in East Harlem

 

Byzantine hip-hop visual artist, Manny Vega created this mosaic mural called ESPIRITU, a visual prayer in glass and stone for the here and now. Vega's art aims at creating "a place for all people to recognize themselves as members of a global community." He believes that through shared information about our histories, customs, and belief systems, we can reflect, compare and continue to learn from one another. The mosaic is located at the corner of 105th Street and Lexington Avenue in East Harlem. East Harlem is known for its murals and mosaics documenting the aspirations, trials and history of a generation of Latinos and Puerto Ricans acclimating to life in New York City.

Marty

Graffiti artists created a new mural on the corner of Houston and Bowery Streets to celebrate the birthday of Martha Copper. Martha Cooper, a well-known photojournalist specializing in art and anthropology, is celebrating her 70th birthday. Best known for her photography of graffiti and street art, Martha Cooper methodically documented subway graffiti during the 1970s and 1980s. Her body of work is considered the most substantial of its kind.